601 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC
Decades:	630s BC  620s BC  610s BC  – 600s BC –  590s BC  580s BC  570s BC
Years:	604 BC 603 BC 602 BC – 601 BC – 600 BC 599 BC 598 BC

601 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	601 BC DC BC
Ab urbe condita	153
Ancient Egypt era	XXVI dynasty, 64
- Pharaoh	Necho II, 10
Ancient Greek era	44th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4150
Bengali calendar	−1193
Berber calendar	350
Buddhist calendar	−56
Burmese calendar	−1238
Byzantine calendar	4908–4909
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 2096 or 2036     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2097 or 2037
Coptic calendar	−884 – −883
Discordian calendar	566
Ethiopian calendar	−608 – −607
Hebrew calendar	3160–3161
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−544 – −543
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2501–2502
Holocene calendar	9400
Iranian calendar	1222 BP – 1221 BP
Islamic calendar	1260 BH – 1259 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1733
Minguo calendar	2512 before ROC 民前2512年
Thai solar calendar	−58 – −57

Events

• Perinthus is founded by settlers from Samos.